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Alphonso David was named Tuesday as the new president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ-rights organization in the U.S.

We thought we were being supportive of our transgender daughter by letting her express her identity in private but not in public. We were wrong.

Rhue Cook sits at her desk in The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore (GLCCB) building in Old Goucher and writes down the

Marylanders tend to see our state as an inclusive and accepting place. After all, we were the first state in the country to pass same-sex marriage in the legislature and by referendum. But perhaps w

The country's largest advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people has dinged Johns Hopkins Medicine in its latest health index for not taking a hard stance about the views of two of its psychologists who believe there is virtually no scientific evidence that people are born gay or transgender.

As faculty at Johns Hopkins, we are writing to express our concern about a recently published report that we believe mischaracterizes the current state of the science on sexuality and gender and is already being widely touted by organizations opposed to LGBTQ rights. It was not published in the scientific literature, where it would have been subject to rigorous peer review prior to publication and falls short of being a comprehensive review.

Lawsuit alleged that a Baltimore employee of Pallet Companies was harassed and discriminated against because of her sexual orientation.

Hundreds of thousands of us died in the 1980s and '90s when hate, fear, greed, racism, and negligence intersected with a deadly virus. A lot of us felt then the way you do now—that it was over, that it was hopeless, that the coming out and the organizing and the fighting had been for nothing, and that everything we had won up to that point was meaningless. And then we got up off our butts and we showed them—we showed those motherfuckers—that the fight in us was greater than the

Baltimore earned high marks for the rights and inclusion of its lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual residents from the Human Rights Campaign in the advocacy organization's annual analysis.

Trans/Queer/Femme Weekend, held at multiple venues Nov. 20 and 21, ties together three shows featuring women, transgender people, queer folks, and their allies. The Transgender Day of Remembrance begins in Baltimore with the first National Trans March of Resilience, in which trans people of color will lead marchers from the Ynot Lot to City Hall. Following the rally, the names of transgender lives lost to violence will be read and remembered at a candlelight vigil at First Unitarian Church in

Baltimore is the fifth most friendly city in the United States for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, according to a new analysis.

Advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are waging battles against a "wave" of anti-LGBT legislation in states across the country. Meanwhile, in Maryland, they're cheering new progress in an environment that is more LGBT-friendly than ever before, advocates said.

Advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Maryland have outlined their legislative agenda in Annapolis this session.

Maryland is mediocre when it comes to protecting its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents, according to a recent nationwide assessment of state laws.

Several companies in Maryland scored high marks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index, released this week.

In cities and municipalities in Maryland and across the U.S., the legal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens are improving. Across the globe, perceptions of gay and lesbian people are getting better, too.

About 30 Catholics shivered in the chilly afternoon air as they prayed the rosary on the sidewalk in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris' isolation from the rest of the Maryland congressional delegation (all Democrats) is easy to see when it comes to bills that the Human Rights Campaign deemed particularly relevant to LGBT people's lives.

The nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization has listed U.S. Rep. Andy Harris -- a Baltimore County Republican -- among the nation's "most anti-equality members of Congress."

Looks like Baltimore's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has a big, flashy, deep-pocketed new ally in town in the Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street, which opened Tuesday.

Michael Peroutka is white, smart, and rich, but it's doubtful that many of his potential constituents have used their advantages in the way he long has: to advance a militant theocratic agenda.

The results of primary elections in Maryland on Tuesday bode well for LGBT rights -- at least according to Equality Maryland, the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organization.

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Transgender students at the University of Maryland, College Park seeking to undergo sex change surgery could have the cost covered in their health insurance plan next year, joining a recent wave of colleges and employers nationwide offering the benefit.

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said Friday that same-sex marriages performed in Utah -- but thrown into question there amid a court battle -- will be recognized in Maryland.

The Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay leaders is losing the organization more money -- this time from Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin.

A global law firm with origins in Baltimore was one of five Maryland-based business to make HRC's list of top workplaces for LGBT equality

Baltimore was among just 25 cities in the country to receive a top score for LGBT equality in a new study of municipalities released by the Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday.

In an extraordinary, wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis expressed frustration that the Catholic Church is ¿obsessed¿ with issues such as abortion, homosexuality and contraception, and called instead for a focus on healing and mercy.

A coalition of leading LGBT advocacy groups joined civil rights organizations to express their unhappiness with the court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Maryland Corporate Council meets

Campuses are abuzz with support for marriage equality, but will that translate into greater political engagement for today's youth?

Current and retired federal employees who have been on the offense against the Defense of Marriage Act can't taste victory yet, but its scent is growing stronger now that the Supreme Court has decided to review the law.

Organizers of a proposed Washington D.C. museum centered on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender heritage have formed a benefit limited liability corporation in Maryland that will work to find a museum site.

A broad coalition of donors — including casino giant MGM, Delta Airlines, a Washington nightclub and thousands of individuals across the country — together gave nearly $6 million to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland, providing a financial advantage that supporters say was critical to the campaign's success.

Despite opponents' efforts to drive a wedge between blacks and gays, civil rights and gay rights groups formed a productive partnership in Maryland.

The approval of Maryland's same-sex marriage law last week can be traced in part to the decision by pastors Donte Hickman and Delman Coates to lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.

The approval of Maryland's same-sex marriage law last week can be traced in part to the decision by pastors Donte Hickman and Delman Coates to lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.